Praskovia "Pasha" Pozdniakova (born 15 April 1999) is a Finnish-Russian model, entrepreneur and social media influencer. She performs under the stage name MissParaskeva. She is especially known for her appearance in the 2021 South African edition of Playboy magazine. [1] [2] [3]
Pozdniakova lived in Russia until she was 13, after which the family moved to Finland and settled in the town of Savonlinna, [4] and in 2020 Pozdniakova and her family received Finnish citizenship. [5] Pozdniakova studied at Savonlinna Senior Secondary School of Art and Music and graduated from there in 2018. [6] Pozdniakova moved to Helsinki in 2020, [7] but in 2022 she returned to Savonlinna, where she lives today. [8] [9]
Pozdniakova started her social media career in high school by making YouTube videos. In August 2022, her Instagram account had two million followers. [10] Pozdniakova also makes content for TikTok and Twitch.
Pozdniakova has spoken in public in favor of body positivity, and said that she thinks all kinds of women are beautiful. [1] Although she often appears in scantily clad pictures, she has said that she dresses conservatively in her spare time and does not want to be seen as an erotic model. [7]
Seiska reported in 2022 that the American rapper A$AP Rocky had tried to seduce Pozdniakova before ending up together with the singer Rihanna. Pozdniakova ended up dating Finnish rapper Gettomasa. [11]
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